Q. Pickup artist 'Roosh V' is advocating for the legalisation of rape. What a terrible monster!
A. While the language he used was, by design no doubt, somewhat inflammatory, it's necessary to see beyond the words to the ideas being presented.
At its core, it serves as a reminder of what it is about rape that really matters. Current newthink says that it is better to be raped and remain blameless than to take any kind of precaution for one's own safety, which only serves to downplay the severity of the crime—'rape can't be all that bad then'. Roosh V, believing that rape very much is that bad, and that putting one's safety in the hands of a rapist is more than just a tad boneheaded, suggests that perhaps, not getting raped is a better option, when given the choice. Remaining blameless is worth less than you might think.
A less inflammatory way of expressing the idea, is that when you willingly enter the private abode of somebody of the opposite sex, then in the eyes of the law, all questions of whether or not it was consensual* become moot. In other words, you do so at your own risk, as the law will not protect you. If any of this sounds familiar, it's because it was, perhaps unwittingly, being advocated for by the earlier 'second wave' feminists. It was common sense. Going into a man's house unchaperoned, and closing the door behind you, was unthinkable at that time for a women, and their position was that they didn't wish for their virtue to be protected by a third party—they wanted the freedom to take responsibility for their own safety, to make their own judgements, and to take their own risks. Fast forward a few short decades, and everybody wants that freedom taken back away from them again. Oh no, they want to keep the freedom part, just not the responsibility that goes with it. It's funny how that works out.
Those silly 'second wave' feminists eh! I'll bet they never realised they were advocating for rape culture.
* It is important to understand why "consent" is used more frequently than "consensual" when it comes to sexual relationships, but that is one for another day.
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